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I just pegged my 8500 at 300/300 for a test and it worked fine (stable for many hours of constant running). Could it be a heat issue in your case?

I'm thinking I can run it up to maybe 325 before...

... and a 175 increase with the new drivers brings me to 7060 3dmarks.

Now to start messing with the timing.

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P4-1.6 @ 1600mhz (stock)
384MB SDRAM
brand spanking new Radeon 8500 (stock)

3dmark= 6885


... had a GF2 before and couldn't break 3000 3dmarks no matter how hot (o'clocked) I got it.

The...

Holy cow! That thing is awsome! I've just set two compaqs (the same ones I couldn't o'clock before) @112FSB from 100!

It's nice to support a one man concern like Podien. If anyone is interested...

Thanks for the info. Good stuff. If I try and push the GF256 any higher I'll get some hardware for it.



It's an Intel 845WN mb. The bios is dumbed down (no access to fsb, voltage or anything...

Thanks Gibsinep,

Believe it or not that was with a clean system.

I've sinced messed with the card a bit (found an ice overclocking program) and I've squeezed it up to 2970. She's running a bit...

PIV-1.6
845WN intel MB
384MB of 133 SDRAM
Gforce 256, 32Mb graphics card
Name: NVIDIA GeForce DDR
Total Local Video Memory: 32 MB
Total Local Texture Memory: 64 MB
Total AGP Memory: 0 ...